Eccentrically mounted wheeled figure toy



Sept. l2, 1950 F. vEREss 2,522,075

ECCENTRICALLY MOUNTED WHEELED FIGURE TOY Filed Sept. 13, 1948 ai u @111mmllmm Illl HW5 Patented Sept. 12, V 1950 y OFFICE l ECCENTRICALLYMOUNTED WHEELED FIGURE TOY Ferenc Varese, Budapest, AHungary ApplicationSeptember 13, 1948, Serial No. 49,003' 'In'Hungai-y August?, 1947 Thepresent invention relates to a movable toy figure, especially figure ofan animal, which can be pulled or pushed by means of airod or the like,or it maybe driven by a spring controlled device mounted on the toy insuch a way that during the movement of theiigure the leaping or gallop`of the animal` is imitated.`

The rolling or travelling mechanism of the toy ligure according to theinvention is formed by an eccentrically mounted wheel or pair of wheelsthe axle of which is provided' on the trunk of the gureor on anelongation of the trunk,` and by at least one sliding surface, wheel orroller which is situated on another-point of the'llongitudinal sectionof the toy and also on the .trunk or on the elongation of the trunk, thetoy being provided with at least one foot pivoted on the trunk in such away that during the movement of the toy when the trunk is raised andlowered by the eccentrically mounted wheel or wheels, in consequence ofthe engagement and disengagement with the door and of the influence ofgravity this foot is turned relatively to the trunk in such a way thatthe toy figure seems to jump or gallop by means of its feet.

The other particulars of the invention are explained in connection withthe embodiments shown in the annexed drawing. In this drawing Fig. 1 isa side view of the rst embodiment given by way of example and showingthe gure of an animal; y

Fig. 2 is the corresponding plan View and Fig. 3 shows the function ofthe toy.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the two eccentrlcally mounted wheels 3 arefastened on an axle 2 pivoted on an elongation of the trunk of thel toyFigure 1. The travelling mechanism of the toy further contains a roller4 also pivoted on the said elongation of the trunk. Instead of theroller a sliding surface may be lemployed supporting the toy figure onthe floor. On the trunk there are pivotally mounted two pairs of feet 5and 6. y The feet 5 and 6 are mounted idly in such a way that if thetrunk is moved in a vertical plane the feet are turned in respect to thetrunk under the influence of gravity. As it is clearly shown in Fig. 1the feet 5 are plvoted at a place on the trunk which results in aforwardly directed position of these feet. For this purpose it ispossible to centrically arrange the middle axle of the feet but toemploy an eccentrically mounted weight for attaining the said forwardlydirected position. The forwardly directed turn ing motion of the feet islimited by pins 1.

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Fig. 3 shows the. principle of the function of the toy. As. illustratedin this gure the, mostv important parts of the trunk l are those holdingthev axle 2, the feet 5 and 6 and the roller 4 or l a sliding surfacereplacing thisv roller. If the toy gure is not four-footed butytwo-footedthe parts holding the feet 5 orthe feet E' kmay be omitted. Onthe right hand part of Fig. `3 the position of the toy .is shown bydotted lines in which it comes after a.- half rotation of the wheels 3.

The function of the toy is. as follows:

In the position shown in Fig.y 1 the axle of the wheel 3 is yin itslowest position. If now thetoy is moved in a forward. direction, theroller 4 and the wheels 3 are rolling on the ground. The eccentricallymounted wheels 3 raise the rear part of the trunk l by means of the axle2 and during this movement the feet 6 are turned forwardly under theinfluence of gravity. Up till now these feet could not take a verticalor approximately vertical position as they engaged the ground. At thesame time, as the iront part vof the trunk I is lowered the feet 5 areengaging the ground so that during the forwardly directed movement ofthe toy the feet 5 remain behind and after a half rotation of the wheels3 the front feet 5 take their rearmost position and the back feet 6 taketheir foremost position. This position is shown in Fig. 3 by dottedlines. At the next half rotation of the wheels 3 the rear part of thebody I is lowered and as the rear feet engage the floor and as the frontfeet disengage the floor, all the feet take again the initial position.

In this way a motion is produced which is a very good imitation of thegallop of a horse.

Of course the invention is not limited to the illustrated constructionforms, but modifications are possible. So for instance one eccentricallymounted wheel 3 may be employed instead of a pair of wheels, but tworollers 4 may be used on a common shaft or axle.

I claim:

l. A wheeled gure toy simulating the form of a quadruped capable ofgalloping movements derived from an eccentric point upon at least onetraction wheel, said toy including a quadruped body; four legs pivotedin two front and rear pairs for rocking movement on both sides of thequadruped body; a rigidly depending projection upon the rear portion ofthe latter body; a front arm extending rigidly forward from the lowerinv 2. A wheeled figure toy simulating the form body; four legs pivotedin two front and rearl pairs for rocking movement on both sides of the 4derived from an eccentric point upon at least one traction wheel, saidtoy including a quadruped body; four legs pendently pivoted in two frontand rear pairs for rocking movement on both sides of the quadruped body;a rigidly depending projection upon the rear portion of the latter bodyintermediate the two rear legs; a front arm ,extendingy rigidlyforwardfrom the lower portion of the depending projection and terminatingbeneath the intermediate portion of said quadruped body; a rotatablesupport pivoted to the forward end of the front arm for supporting thelatter out of direct contact with the ground; a rear arm extendingrigidly rearward from the lower portion of said depending projectionbeyond I the rear end of said quadruped body; a transverse quadrupedbody; a rigidly depending projection upon the rear portion of the latterbody intermediate the two rear legs; a front arm extending rigidlyforward from the lower portion of the depending projection andterminating beneath the intermediate portion of said quadruped body; arotatable support pivoted to the forward end of the front arm forsupporting the latter out of direct contact with the ground; a rear armextending rigidly rearward substantially in alignment with the front armfrom the lower portion of said depending projection beyond the rear endof said quadruped body; a transverse shaft rotatably journalled in therear end of said rear arm; and a pair of traction wheels eccentricallymounted on said transverse shaft on opposite sides of said rear arm.

3.v A wheeled gure toy simulating the form of a quadruped capable ofgalloping movements 35 2,432,817

shaft-rotatably journaled in the rear end of said rear arm behind saidquadruped body; and a pair of traction wheels having a suflicientdiameter to give rise to alternate contact of the front and rear pairsof legs with the ground and eccentrically mounted on said transverseshaft on opposite sides of said rear arm.

FERENC VERESS.

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